Gujarat Elections

‘Revenge’ Politics and the Neta-Police nexus

“Converting our hard earned democracy into a police state is simply unthinkable and if the…

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Gujarat: Urban-rural is split wide open

If there is any city that is seen to represent the public anger over demonetisation…

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The battle for Gujarat: Ten Takeaways

Having spent more than a week in Gujarat –a state that I regard as both…

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battle for Gujarat: BJP is winning election, losing narrative

It may be coincidental, but it is perhaps only appropriate that the Gujarat elections are…

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Elections above parliament

In the winter of 1994 when I first moved to Delhi from Mumbai, the chance…

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Dilli Dur Ast for Congress

As the seasons change, there is a spring in the step of the Congress which…

Advantage Modi

Predicting elections can be injurious to the health of journalists and pollsters, more so when…